Combination-tool.



A. A. TOWNE.

COMBINATION TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14. 1913.

1,084,1 76 Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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COMBINATION-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13,1914.

Application filed April 14, 1913. Serial No. 761,052.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Amos A. Towns, a citizenof the United States, residing at the city of Longbeach, State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Combination- Tool, of whichthe following is a specification.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a tool that can beused to spread open a link of a chain preparatory to attaching suchchain to a fitting, and then to press into said fitting the ends of theloop of metal which forms said link.

Another object is to provide a combination tool that will perform thefunctions of a pipe wrench and of a wire cutter without interfering withthe uses already mentioned.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention,Figure l is a side elevation of the tool, illustrating the use thereofas a device to spread the links of a chain and as a pipe wrench. Fig. 2is a cross-section on line w 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a crosssection online m -0a of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on line r11-a9 ofFig. 1. Fig. 5 is a broken plan view showing the aw and shank of themovable member. Fig. 6 illustrates the jaws of the tool in position tospread a link of a chain. Fig. 7 illustrates said jaws in position toclose up said link.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the main arm or stationarymember 1. is provided with a pair of jaws 2 and 3 which are always infixed relation to each other and to said arm 1. Said member 1 isfurnished with a slot 4 through which extends an auxiliary arm 5, saidarm 5 being pivoted to arm 1 by a rivet 6. It will be noted that theslot 4 through the member 1 is nar rower than jaw 7, but in assembling,the slot 4 may be swaged open wide enough to receive the jaw 7 and maythen be closed down upon the shank 5. Said auxiliary arm is providedwith a movable jaw 7 which is movable from one tothe other of jaws 2 and3 as best shown in Fig. 1, where a chain link 8 is also shown, loopedover jaws 3 and 7 in position to be spread open. Jaw 3 is provided witha notch 3 on the outer side, and jaw T with a notch 7 on the inner side,said notches receiving said link, as shown. Jaw 2 is likewise providedwith a notch or seat 2 to receive one of the outer sides of a link whenthe same is compressed between jaws 2 and 7, the seat 7 in such casereceiving the other outer side of the link.

Jaw 2 is provided with a wire-cutting lip 11 and jaw 7 with acooperating lip .12. Jaws 2 and 7 are also respectively provided withpipegri1 )ping teeth 13 and l t, the teeth 13 being reversely directedto the teeth 14..

The operation is best illustrated in Figs. 1, 6 and 7. In Fig. 6 the endportions oi jaws 2 and 7 are indicated, in position to spread open thelink 8 until said link appears as shown in Fig. 7, the latter viewillustrating the jaws 2 and T in position to close said link up tofasten the same to the fixture 21, by pressing the ends of the link intothe sockets 22 of said fixture, said sockets being indicated in dottedlines.

I claim:

A combination tool comprising a member having two jaws in a permanentlyopen position, one oi said jaws having an inner seat and the other ofsaid aws having an outer seat, said seats being adapted to receive alink of a chain, and an inside aw movable from one toward the other 01"said open jaws, said inside jaw having a link-receiving seat tocooperate with the first mentioned seats.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oattwo subscribing witnesses at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angelesand State of California, this 7th day of April, 1913.

AMOS A. TOVVNE. lVitnesses ALBERT H. MERRILL, LILLIAN YOUNG.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

